Wish I Had A Nickel (The Sand Dollar Series Book 2) by J D Boudreaux – Review by Maura Harper

Wish I Had a Nickel (The Sand Dollar Series Book 2)Wish I Had a Nickel by J.D. Boudreaux
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Let me start this review by saying that I JUST found out it is book 2 in The Sand Dollar Series. Book 3 doesn’t come out until 2019 and it’s the first that has been added to my “next year release TBR”. I honestly did not know this story started somewhere else. It actually changes my perspective on a few things.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author and WISH I HAD A NICKEL is extremely detailed. At times it felt a bit like a tour of the town, other times a recap of recent weather disasters and still other times like a vacation diary from someone’s road trip. I was able to visually 97% of the descriptions in my mind’s eye.

The characters are interesting. There are layers to them and it’s not always obvious what they are thinking. This is an interesting story because it’s told from the male’s point of view. This is a story about first love and best friends and oh so much more. I was surprised by the end. I thought a book of this length would stand on it’s own. I didn’t realize (as I mentioned before) that this is actually part of a series. I read it “blind” so wasn’t sure what to expect.

I think this could be classified as a “Christian Contemporary Fiction” and I appreciated that tone in which the story is told. It’s not too heavy handed, but you know where the characters lean. It’s never judgmental of the reader and their knowledge of religion. It’s also a romance with no bedroom scenes which is a pleasant break from what I’ve recently been reading.

This is a book I would recommend to my elderly mother’s book club and my neighborhood book club alike.

Review by @mauraharper

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